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This FAA record of interview documents a January 2, 1987 session in Anchorage, Alaska, in which Inspector Richard O. Gordon of FSDO-63 questioned JAL Captain Kenju Terauchi about his crew's November 17, 1986 sighting. Terauchi describes two small craft with exhaust-like lights that flew near his aircraft and a much larger mothership, and says the target appeared green on his onboard radar. He also reports VHF interference and says the objects matched his 360-degree turn and his descent.
“Gordon”19 pages
K. Terauchi Yeah, yeah, yeah. R. Gordon Okay S. Mimoto Was it's sound like speaking in German, or just jamming noise? K. Terauchi It was just noise, sounded zaa, zaa R. Gordon Oh just noise ••. Okay, okay I misunderstood you, I'm glad you brought that out. K. Terauchi Normally when you can hear clearly it is digital 5. 5, 4, 3, 2 , 1 - but it was about 2. F. Fujii You know five by five radio communication R. Gordon Oh yeah uh hu, okay sure F. Fujii It was like two R. Gordon Okay okay, like two K. Terauchi Sometimes missing, sometimes missing. R. Gordon Like, almost like, ah, ba ckground noise? K. Terauchi Yes, yes. R. Gordon Okay, and then when it, when the little small lights departed the noise went away, then back to real clear communications? K. Te r auchi Yes, that's right. R. Gordon Okay, fine, ah, lets see, I'm going to come back to thirteen, because ah • • • F. Fujii Oka y R. Gordon What was there any question? F. Fujii Did you see any reflection on the glass (window)? R. Gordon Inside the cockpit, was it dark, all the light off inside the cockpit? K. Te r auchi Oh ah, dark yeah, yeah, yeah. K. Terauchi Therefore, there was not reflection of inside. No reflection from inside. So when I took the camera bag, finding t he object, a ll the light s were turned off, made room dark - cargo room and passenge r r oom, there was nothing to reflect. F. Fuj ii We ha ve ah , on a cargo plane we ha ve a ba ck lounge . 9
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